Costa Rica vs Sierra Leone statistics compared

Costa Rica has a population of 5.13M (ranked 126/197), compared with 8.64M in Sierra Leone (ranked 102/197). Costa Rica's land area is 19,714 sq mi versus 27,869 sq mi for Sierra Leone (ranked 126th vs. 116th).

By GDP, Costa Rica ranks 72/197 ($95.4B) and Sierra Leone ranks 157/197 ($7.55B). By GDP per capita, Costa Rica ranks 62/197 ($18,587), while Sierra Leone ranks 183/197 ($873).

Costa Rica and Sierra Leone: Comparison Charts

Costa Rica and Sierra Leone economies compared

GDP

Costa Rica

Sierra Leone

Table

Year	GDP
	Costa Rica	Sierra Leone
1960	$507,513,830	$322,151,961
1961	$490,325,182	$327,978,758
1962	$479,180,824	$342,872,549
1963	$511,902,137	$348,700,980
1964	$542,578,367	$372,011,438
1965	$592,981,162	$359,523,810
1966	$647,305,630	$375,630,252
1967	$699,456,619	$348,895,028
1968	$773,841,494	$329,991,597
1969	$853,630,204	$408,853,541
1970	$984,830,158	$434,584,634
1971	$1,077,147,538	$419,495,788
1972	$1,238,251,696	$465,254,682
1973	$1,528,925,846	$575,471,814
1974	$1,666,544,754	$648,940,351
1975	$1,960,863,466	$679,352,876
1976	$2,412,555,426	$594,810,422
1977	$3,072,427,013	$692,079,407
1978	$3,523,208,810	$960,765,043
1979	$4,035,519,323	$1,109,343,425
1980	$4,831,447,001	$1,100,476,190
1981	$2,623,803,096	$1,114,926,661
1982	$2,606,623,555	$1,294,995,964
1983	$3,146,772,631	$995,278,515
1984	$3,660,477,856	$1,087,450,199
1985	$3,919,203,960	$856,890,459
1986	$4,418,983,871	$490,181,457
1987	$4,532,952,047	$660,106,336
1988	$4,614,629,898	$1,055,083,933
1989	$5,251,025,767	$932,974,420
1990	$5,711,687,787	$649,644,098
1991	$7,215,725,487	$779,981,987
1992	$8,579,754,758	$679,940,814
1993	$9,564,815,975	$768,867,883
1994	$10,489,903,725	$911,853,802
1995	$11,578,594,260	$870,740,292
1996	$11,678,424,507	$941,709,423
1997	$12,614,602,382	$850,232,760
1998	$13,684,255,947	$672,368,187
1999	$14,254,866,285	$669,386,624
2000	$15,013,629,662	$635,866,404
2001	$15,976,174,337	$1,681,473,894
2002	$16,578,820,687	$1,933,863,911
2003	$17,271,760,507	$2,142,618,046
2004	$18,610,594,846	$2,237,350,687
2005	$20,040,642,477	$2,545,275,313
2006	$22,715,540,324	$3,263,697,467
2007	$26,884,700,709	$3,632,957,611
2008	$30,801,745,700	$4,157,895,298
2009	$30,745,714,313	$3,953,403,098
2010	$37,658,616,952	$4,262,805,967
2011	$42,762,613,699	$4,861,632,885
2012	$47,231,655,432	$6,141,666,509
2013	$50,949,668,842	$7,502,762,863
2014	$52,016,408,854	$7,686,138,791
2015	$56,441,920,821	$6,788,352,975
2016	$58,847,019,610	$6,084,297,211
2017	$60,516,044,657	$5,749,846,528
2018	$62,420,164,992	$6,390,514,689
2019	$64,417,670,521	$6,526,183,564
2020	$62,395,610,760	$6,693,888,876
2021	$64,960,725,734	$7,173,379,137
2022	$69,243,626,029	$7,124,465,160
2023	$86,497,941,439	$6,411,787,856
2024	$95,350,423,177	$7,547,843,281

Costa Rica and Sierra Leone economies compared

GDP per capita

Costa Rica

Sierra Leone

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Costa Rica	Sierra Leone
1960	$382	$142
1961	$356	$142.3
1962	$335	$146.4
1963	$346	$146.4
1964	$354	$153.4
1965	$374	$145.6
1966	$395	$149.4
1967	$414	$136.2
1968	$445	$126.4
1969	$477	$153.6
1970	$536	$160.2
1971	$570	$151.8
1972	$639	$165.3
1973	$769	$200.7
1974	$817	$222.2
1975	$937	$228.4
1976	$1,123	$196.4
1977	$1,393	$224.3
1978	$1,556	$305
1979	$1,735	$346
1980	$2,021	$336
1981	$1,068	$334
1982	$1,032	$380
1983	$1,213	$285.9
1984	$1,372	$306
1985	$1,429	$235.5
1986	$1,569	$131.5
1987	$1,567	$172.4
1988	$1,555	$268.2
1989	$1,725	$231.3
1990	$1,830	$154.8
1991	$2,253	$183.7
1992	$2,612	$163.2
1993	$2,840	$185
1994	$3,040	$218.5
1995	$3,275	$208.4
1996	$3,227	$224.3
1997	$3,408	$199.9
1998	$3,617	$156.5
1999	$3,691	$155
2000	$3,813	$143.7
2001	$3,985	$358
2002	$4,068	$389
2003	$4,173	$414
2004	$4,431	$418
2005	$4,703	$463
2006	$5,257	$580
2007	$6,138	$632
2008	$6,937	$705
2009	$6,833	$653
2010	$8,266	$685
2011	$9,276	$761
2012	$10,127	$938
2013	$10,803	$1,117
2014	$10,911	$1,118
2015	$11,715	$965
2016	$12,091	$844
2017	$12,317	$779
2018	$12,590	$846
2019	$12,885	$844
2020	$12,394	$846
2021	$12,838	$886
2022	$13,626	$861
2023	$16,942	$758
2024	$18,587	$873

Costa Rica vs. Sierra Leone life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Costa Rica

Sierra Leone

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Costa Rica	Sierra Leone
1950	57.5	28.9
1951	57.8	29.3
1952	58.1	29.7
1953	59.1	30.1
1954	59.9	30.5
1955	60.5	30.9
1956	61.2	31.3
1957	61.6	31.8
1958	62.3	32.1
1959	62.9	32.6
1960	63.5	33.1
1961	63.9	33.6
1962	64.2	34.2
1963	64.3	34.7
1964	64.5	35.3
1965	64.8	35.9
1966	65.1	36.6
1967	65.6	37.3
1968	65.8	37.8
1969	66.4	38.2
1970	66.8	38.6
1971	67.4	39.1
1972	68	39.5
1973	68.7	40
1974	69.4	40.4
1975	70.3	41
1976	70.9	41.4
1977	71.5	41.8
1978	72	42.2
1979	72.5	42.5
1980	73	42.8
1981	73.4	43.1
1982	73.9	43.3
1983	74.2	43.5
1984	74.6	43.6
1985	74.8	43.6
1986	74.9	43.5
1987	75.2	43.7
1988	75.5	43.8
1989	75.9	43.7
1990	76.1	43.7
1991	76.2	43.3
1992	76.4	43.5
1993	76.3	43.4
1994	76.3	42.8
1995	76.4	42.6
1996	76.4	43.5
1997	76.6	43.6
1998	76.9	42.7
1999	77.1	42
2000	77.3	44.8
2001	77.6	45.4
2002	77.9	46.2
2003	78.2	46.8
2004	78.5	47.5
2005	78.9	48.3
2006	79	49.5
2007	79.1	50
2008	79.2	50.7
2009	79.4	51.3
2010	79.4	51.9
2011	79.6	52.6
2012	79.9	53.2
2013	80.2	54.1
2014	80.2	54.3
2015	80.4	55.5
2016	80	56.9
2017	80	57.8
2018	80.1	59.1
2019	80.3	59.6
2020	79.7	59.7
2021	78.1	60.3
2022	79.3	61.3
2023	80.8	61.8
2024	81	62
2025	81.2	62.2

Costa Rica and Sierra Leone population clocks and comparison

Population

Costa Rica

Sierra Leone

Table

Year	Population
	Costa Rica	Sierra Leone
1960	1,327,496	2,268,356
1961	1,377,920	2,304,227
1962	1,429,445	2,342,242
1963	1,481,604	2,382,258
1964	1,533,960	2,424,390
1965	1,586,208	2,468,666
1966	1,638,116	2,514,638
1967	1,689,523	2,562,384
1968	1,739,731	2,611,532
1969	1,789,276	2,661,365
1970	1,838,949	2,712,286
1971	1,888,539	2,763,222
1972	1,938,248	2,814,388
1973	1,988,343	2,866,955
1974	2,039,643	2,920,459
1975	2,092,719	2,974,657
1976	2,147,774	3,028,820
1977	2,205,025	3,085,354
1978	2,264,510	3,145,517
1979	2,326,490	3,207,499
1980	2,390,633	3,272,089
1981	2,456,637	3,338,940
1982	2,524,806	3,408,183
1983	2,595,153	3,481,646
1984	2,667,595	3,558,758
1985	2,741,894	3,638,438
1986	2,817,216	3,728,380
1987	2,892,699	3,829,718
1988	2,968,103	3,934,517
1989	3,043,827	4,034,037
1990	3,121,706	4,196,828
1991	3,202,176	4,246,267
1992	3,284,258	4,166,366
1993	3,367,434	4,157,130
1994	3,451,122	4,173,105
1995	3,535,176	4,179,179
1996	3,619,013	4,199,210
1997	3,701,711	4,253,716
1998	3,782,838	4,295,785
1999	3,862,101	4,318,043
2000	3,937,739	4,423,611
2001	4,008,947	4,692,716
2002	4,075,705	4,971,435
2003	4,138,784	5,177,687
2004	4,200,078	5,355,717
2005	4,261,240	5,501,712
2006	4,321,340	5,624,466
2007	4,380,248	5,749,352
2008	4,440,056	5,894,722
2009	4,499,791	6,055,646
2010	4,555,962	6,222,714
2011	4,609,833	6,387,251
2012	4,663,934	6,551,080
2013	4,716,147	6,714,051
2014	4,767,119	6,876,385
2015	4,818,038	7,037,655
2016	4,866,998	7,205,328
2017	4,913,177	7,379,299
2018	4,957,818	7,554,563
2019	4,999,553	7,731,991
2020	5,034,320	7,912,558
2021	5,059,988	8,094,602
2022	5,081,765	8,276,807
2023	5,105,525	8,460,512
2024	5,129,910	8,642,022

Fertility rates in Costa Rica and Sierra Leone

Fertility rate

Costa Rica

Sierra Leone

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Costa Rica	Sierra Leone
1960	6.71	6.18
1961	6.65	6.21
1962	6.54	6.22
1963	6.39	6.26
1964	6.19	6.29
1965	5.96	6.31
1966	5.7	6.35
1967	5.42	6.38
1968	5.03	6.39
1969	4.84	6.39
1970	4.59	6.41
1971	4.36	6.43
1972	4.16	6.45
1973	3.99	6.47
1974	3.89	6.53
1975	3.8	6.55
1976	3.75	6.55
1977	3.7	6.57
1978	3.66	6.59
1979	3.65	6.58
1980	3.58	6.56
1981	3.56	6.55
1982	3.54	6.56
1983	3.53	6.57
1984	3.52	6.59
1985	3.51	6.59
1986	3.45	6.6
1987	3.38	6.61
1988	3.31	6.59
1989	3.24	6.57
1990	3.17	6.57
1991	3.08	6.55
1992	3	6.56
1993	2.93	6.57
1994	2.86	6.56
1995	2.78	6.56
1996	2.68	6.55
1997	2.59	6.53
1998	2.53	6.5
1999	2.48	6.42
2000	2.41	6.36
2001	2.31	6.31
2002	2.16	6.23
2003	2.08	6.09
2004	2.03	5.92
2005	2.04	5.81
2006	1.94	5.74
2007	1.95	5.64
2008	1.98	5.56
2009	1.95	5.45
2010	1.83	5.33
2011	1.88	5.21
2012	1.85	5.06
2013	1.78	4.87
2014	1.8	4.7
2015	1.8	4.55
2016	1.75	4.47
2017	1.71	4.39
2018	1.71	4.29
2019	1.6	4.19
2020	1.45	4.08
2021	1.35	3.98
2022	1.34	3.88
2023	1.33	3.79

Costa Rica and Sierra Leone demographics compared

Median age

Costa Rica

Sierra Leone

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Costa Rica	Sierra Leone
1960	16.8	21.1
1961	16.8	21.1
1962	16.7	21.1
1963	16.7	21
1964	16.7	21
1965	16.7	20.9
1966	16.8	20.9
1967	16.9	20.8
1968	17.1	20.7
1969	17.3	20.6
1970	17.6	20.4
1971	17.8	20.2
1972	18.1	20.1
1973	18.4	19.9
1974	18.6	19.8
1975	18.9	19.6
1976	19.2	19.5
1977	19.5	19.4
1978	19.7	19.3
1979	20	19.2
1980	20.3	19.1
1981	20.6	19.1
1982	20.9	19
1983	21.2	18.9
1984	21.4	18.9
1985	21.6	18.8
1986	21.8	18.7
1987	22.1	18.7
1988	22.3	18.6
1989	22.5	18.6
1990	22.7	18.5
1991	22.9	18.5
1992	23.2	18.4
1993	23.4	18.4
1994	23.6	18.3
1995	23.9	18.2
1996	24.1	18.2
1997	24.4	18.1
1998	24.7	18.1
1999	24.9	18
2000	25.2	18
2001	25.5	18
2002	25.9	17.9
2003	26.3	17.9
2004	26.7	17.9
2005	27	18
2006	27.4	18
2007	27.8	18
2008	28.2	18.1
2009	28.6	18.1
2010	29	18.2
2011	29.4	18.3
2012	29.8	18.4
2013	30.3	18.5
2014	30.7	18.6
2015	31.2	18.7
2016	31.7	18.9
2017	32.1	19.1
2018	32.6	19.2
2019	33	19.4
2020	33.5	19.6
2021	34	19.8
2022	34.5	20
2023	35.1	20.3
2024	35.6	20.5

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